Patio Playhouse's '12 Angry Jurors' has nonbinary cast members and Maraya's 'Disney Descendants' features actors with autism
Two San Diego County theater groups are celebrating diversity and inclusivity in different ways this month with youth productions opening Friday.
Patio Playhouse Youth Theatre in Escondido returns with its first production since the pandemic began, “12 Angry Jurors,” a late 1990s adaptation of the Emmy-winning 1954 teleplay “12 Angry Men.” Originally written for an all-male cast, this more recent version of the jury room drama has non-gender-specific requirements for its 13-member cast. At the time Reginald Rose wrote the original teleplay in the 1950s, women weren’t allowed to serve on juries in the United States.
“We wanted to draw in kids who haven’t been able to perform under the pronouns they prefer or the name they want to use,” McMurtry said. “Almost half of the actors who auditioned use either gender nonconforming or noncis pronouns and they’ve told me many times they feel like this is a safe space for them.”
McMurtry said rehearsals have been so positive that they hope to direct more shows where the roles are not gender specific. They also hope that audiences will experience more than just the play itself when they attend.
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